4 The tongue of the infant cleaves To the roof of its mouth because of thirst; The little ones ask for bread, But no one breaks it for them.

5 Those who ate delicacies Are desolate in the streets; Those reared in purple Embrace ash pits.

Lamentations 4:4-5, New American Standard 1995. Copyright © 1995 by The Lockman Foundation.
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